Michael Burgess is an academic who has written a scholarly book on the American Revolution which Hollywood has bought the film rights to. The arrival of the film crew seriously disrupts him as actors want to change their characters, directors want to re-stage battles, and he becomes infatuated with Faith who will play the female lead in the movie. At the same time, he is fighting with his crazy mother who thinks the Devil lives in her kitchen, and his girlfriend who is talking about commitment.
Alan Alda
as Michael Burgess
Michael Caine
as Elliott James
Michelle Pfeiffer
as Faith Healy
Bob Hoskins
as Stanley Gould
Lise Hilboldt
as Gretchen Carlsen
Lillian Gish
as Cecelia Burgess
Saul Rubinek
as Bo Hodges
Lois Chiles
as Leslie
Linda Thorson
as Grace James
Leo Burmester
as Hank
Dann Florek
as Jesse
John C. McGinley
as Floyd
